How to plan a new garden from the ground up
Rural
Spring Fever on Lennard Island, British Columbia
The end is in sight. The end of winter as we know it, the chilly West Coast deluge of rain punctuated by rip-roaring storms for months on end, to be specific. Every lengthening, lightening day is leading up to that one glorious, undeniable first day of spring, when...
It Will Be Spring When It Is Spring
The winter was especially long — deeply cold days with lots of wind and interjections of ice and snow. It’s only once we think the bad weather has passed that we begin again, stacking wood, planting, trimming, and cleaning the layers of dust that have accumulated in...
Small Farms
We need to move away from mass production, and there’s zero doubt in my mind we are heading that way. Small farms are the future.
Celebrating the art of plowing
Picture brightly coloured decor, smiling faces, a welcoming ambience under sunny skies, and spectators in a decidedly relaxed mood. That is what greeted visitors to the 2015 edition of the International Plowing Match (IMB) in Finch, Ontario, a festival celebrating the...
Taking a look at Tree Canada
For the past 25 years, Tree Canada has been raising money and awareness of the importance of trees, not just for nature, but for the quality of human lives as well. “We are constantly trying to educate communities on the importance of urban forests,” says Richard...
ATVs – Not just for tearing up trails anymore
Neighbours may hate them, teenagers may love them and landowners may find that they can’t do without them, but regardless of where you stand on the spectrum, there’s no denying that all-terrain vehicles have become part of the fabric of rural life. In many parts of...
Farm Kids
Is it really safer out in the country? Rural kids under six are more likely to be injured.
Mailbox Headaches
How hard can it be to get your mail in the country?
The Country Know-It-All
Everything you ever wanted to know about country living, but were afraid to ask!
A Little Lyme Disease Lowdown
Lyme disease is still rare but it is becoming increasingly common in southern Canada. Here are some tips to avoid it.
The Country Know-It-All
Everything you ever wanted to know about country living but were afraid to ask!
Footnotes from the Grasslands
One barren day I woke and I was a widow. These are rural dreams, urban reality: reflections on life in the country.
A Short, Factual History of the Almanac
Veteran Harrowsmith contributor Dan Needles examines the medieval origins of the Almanac.
The ATV Grows Up
An ATV is all play and no work, right? Not any more. Indeed, an ATV can hold its own doing chores on the farm.